Interviewees:
• Ellen Middaugh, Associate Director of the Civic Engagement Research Group at Mills College
• Rob Ross, Paleontological Research Institution and its Museum of the Earth
• Barry Fishman, University of Michigan

Representatives of three IMLS-funded projects will present an overview of their work, emphasizing their “learn by doing” aspects. Attendees will be asked to make note of the parts of these projects that they might be able to adapt for use in their own institutions.

Marsha Semmel, Deputy Director for Museums, Director of Strategic Partnerships, IMLS, will summarize the day’s events in the context of the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ 21st Century Skills Initiative, as well as a joint project sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation and IMLS that will fund 30 learning labs in libraries and museums.